Extend concession fares to pre-enrolment poly students

Again, this is an interesting letter which was written to the Straits Times Forum on 23rd February 2009. The letter is reproduced as-is, with comments from me in bold letters:

I APPEAL to SMRT and SBS Transit to extend student concession rates to those who have been given places in polytechnics but have not enrolled yet.

OK.

Under the present system, they are not eligible for student rates until they enrol, which will be in late April. On the other hand, students who opt for junior colleges have already started classes and are eligible for concession rates.

You are missing the point here; you missed out a "thus" in between your words "... are eligible...".

In these trying times, it is a burden for parents to have to pay the full adult fare for their teenage children.

Concession are for students who are studying. You will have to justify the following questions:

1) Why does your child need concession when he/she does not need to commute to school every day?
2) Why does your child need to travel so often every single day, such that it has become "a burden" for you?

Angela Vander Straaten (Ms)

If your child is working part-time somewhere, your travel expenses shouldn't be a problem. If your child's not working, but yet is travelling so often every day while waiting to enrol in April... . Somebody's not telling the whole story here. 'Nuff said.

Flogging a Dead Horse, or... The Little Nyonya

5th January 2009. That was the day when Mediacock.. oops, I mean, MediaCORP, ended its run of the drama series The Little Nyonya.

Today's date? 9th February 2009. Even 1 month later, you still can see commercials on TV featuring themes from The Little Nyonya.

When the show has ended, it has ended. What the fuck are you guys thinking?

I cannot fathom the hypothetical situation if a series like Prison Break, Heroes, House, or even Lost still running advertisements AFTER the series finale has ended. It would be a totally ridiculous and ludicrous situation.

Seriously.

If big shows like these organized a THANK-THE-FANS outdoor show, or world tour after the series... hmm wait. Now I'm the one sounding stupid for even coming up with that hypothetical scenario. OK, I know, so I shall stop.

But you don't, you dumb fools.

Flogging a dead horse, milking the dead cow, beating off the dead man. Whatever. It has been nearly 10 years since I last sat down and watch a local series from the pilot episode, to the series finale.

This stretch is still going strong. And I'm proud of it.